wrathfulness
noun
Synonyms
- angered
- angry
- apoplectic
- ballistic
- cheesed off [chiefly British]
- choleric
- enraged
- foaming
- fuming
- furious
- hopping
- horn-mad
- hot
- incensed
- indignant
- inflamed
- enflamed
- infuriate
- infuriated
- irate
- ireful
- livid
- mad
- outraged
- rabid
- rankled
- riled
- riley
- roiled
- shirty [chiefly British]
- sore
- steamed up
- steaming
- teed off
- ticked
- wroth
Examples of wrathful in a Sentence
in a wrathful voice she demanded to know what had happened
Recent Examples on the Web
For example, this cleanser imbues pimples with a conscious mind and wrathful spirit, compelling them to destroy their creator in a grisly bloodbath of unfathomable agony.
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Ysabel Yates, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2023
Ants’ ears hurt with each bullet fired from wrathful machine guns.
—Mosab Abu Toha, The Atlantic, 9 Nov. 2023
So for the benefit of everyone who has to work with MRI, here is a devotional litany which might just keep your scanner from getting wrathful at the crucial moment.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2010
What comes next might have been Logan’s raging-on-the-heath moment, the embittered cry of an alienated patriarch, but instead of wrathful he is uncharacteristically resigned.
—Brandon Taylor, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2023
Like Hotei, Daikokuten underwent significant transformations in Japan, from a wrathful protector to a jolly god of wealth.
—Megan Bryson, The Conversation, 4 Jan. 2023
His story seemed to confirm the existence of a wrathful nemesis stalking the family.
—James Lasdun, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
Kapogiannis asks me 70 in all, covering subject matter from God as being angry and wrathful to God as being loving, with a variety of topics in between.
—David Ewing Duncan, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2019
Still reeling from the death of her mother, Kela finds a magical comb near the ocean that summons a wrathful mermaid that will grant her a wish — but at a dangerous price.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2022
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Ysabel Yates, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2023
Ants’ ears hurt with each bullet fired from wrathful machine guns.
—Mosab Abu Toha, The Atlantic, 9 Nov. 2023
So for the benefit of everyone who has to work with MRI, here is a devotional litany which might just keep your scanner from getting wrathful at the crucial moment.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2010
What comes next might have been Logan’s raging-on-the-heath moment, the embittered cry of an alienated patriarch, but instead of wrathful he is uncharacteristically resigned.
—Brandon Taylor, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2023
Like Hotei, Daikokuten underwent significant transformations in Japan, from a wrathful protector to a jolly god of wealth.
—Megan Bryson, The Conversation, 4 Jan. 2023
His story seemed to confirm the existence of a wrathful nemesis stalking the family.
—James Lasdun, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
Kapogiannis asks me 70 in all, covering subject matter from God as being angry and wrathful to God as being loving, with a variety of topics in between.
—David Ewing Duncan, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2019
Still reeling from the death of her mother, Kela finds a magical comb near the ocean that summons a wrathful mermaid that will grant her a wish — but at a dangerous price.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of wrathful was
in the 13th century
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“Wrathful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrathful. Accessed 8 Dec. 2023.
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